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Growth in the UK helped sales at international building group CRH rise by over a fifth in the year to September, with the company hoping the election of Donald Trump will boost infrastructure spending in the coming months.

Shares in the company jumped by more than 8pc last week when Mr Trump used his victory speech to announce we will pump money into US infrastructure projects, including roads, airports and hospitals, in a package worth $1 trillion.

In July CRH was touted as one of the was likely companies to build Mr Trump’s proposed wall on the border between the US and Mexico.

The Dublin-based company, which has a London listing, said cumulative sales amounted to €20.4bn for the first nine...